Sam Stone Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Am][G]
[C]Sam Stone came home
To his [F]wife and family
After [G]serving in the conflict over[C]seas
And the time that he served
Had [F]shattered all his nerves
[G]Left a little shrapnel in his [C]knees

[Pre-chorus 1]
But the [F]morphine eased the pain
And the grass grew round his brain
And [D]gave him all the confidence
he [G]lacked
With a [D]purple heart
and a monkey on his [G]back

[Chorus 1]
There's a [C]hole in daddy's arm
where all the [Dm]money goes
[F]Jesus Christ died for nothin' I s[G]uppose
Little [C]pitchers have big ears
Don't [Am]stop to count the years
[D]Sweet songs never last too long
[G]on broken radios, mmh-mmh-mmh, [C]mmh

[Verse 1]
Sam [C]Stone's welcome home
Didn't [F]last too long
[G]He went to work
when he'd spent his last [C]dime
And Sammy took to stealing
When he [F]got that empty feeling
For a [G]hundred dollar habit
[F]without ove[G]rtim[C]e[F][C]

[Pre-chorus 2]
And the [F]gold rolled through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains
And [D]eased his mind in the hours
that he [G]chose
While the [D]kids ran around
wearin' other peoples' [G]clothes

[Chorus 2]
There's a [C]hole in daddy's arm
where all the [Dm]money goes
[F]Jesus Christ died for nothin' I s[G]uppose
Little [C]pitchers have big ears
Don't [Am]stop to count the years
[D]Sweet songs never last too long
[G]on broken radios, mmh-mmh-mmh, [C]mmh

[Verse 2]
Sam [C]Stone was alone
When he [F]popped his last balloon
[G]Climbing walls while sitting in a cha[C]ir
Well, he played his last request
While the [F]room smelled just like death
With an [G]overdose [F]hovering [G]in the [C]air[F][C]

[Pre-chorus 3]
But [F]life had lost its fun
There was nothing to be done
But [D]trade his house that he bought
on the GI [G]bill
For a [D]flag-draped casket
on a local hero's [G]hill

[Chorus 3]
There's a [C]hole in daddy's arm
where all the [Dm]money goes
[F]Jesus Christ died for nothin' I s[G]uppose
Little [C]pitchers have big ears
Don't [Am]stop to count the years
[D]Sweet songs never last too long
[G]on broken radios, mmh-mmh-mmh, [C]mmh